Evolution of a Tool's Revolution

Author Ann Mazakas
Published
December 01, 2008 - 11:00am

Putting a spin on turning tools results in up to a 2,000 percent increase in tool life and opens the door to new turning techniques.

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Related Glossary Terms

  • turning

    turning

    Workpiece is held in a chuck, mounted on a face plate or secured between centers and rotated while a cutting tool, normally a single-point tool, is fed into it along its periphery or across its end or face. Takes the form of straight turning (cutting along the periphery of the workpiece); taper turning (creating a taper); step turning (turning different-size diameters on the same work); chamfering (beveling an edge or shoulder); facing (cutting on an end); turning threads (usually external but can be internal); roughing (high-volume metal removal); and finishing (final light cuts). Performed on lathes, turning centers, chucking machines, automatic screw machines and similar machines.

Author

Manager of Technical Communications

Ann Mazakas is manager of technical communications at DP Technology Corp., Camarillo, California. For further information, call 805-388-6000.

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